HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96322, August 2011)

Figure 6 RealTimeChart screen
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DescriptionScreen elements
• After the configuration data is collected for the XP or the P9000 disk arrays, they
are displayed for selection in the Select Components list, under Start Collection
tab.
• The LDEVs and the RAID groups are displayed under the respective categories
for each XP or P9000 disk array. Clicking a particular category displays the as-
sociated real-time metrics in the Choose Metrics list.
• The associated host names are also populated in the HostAgent list. By default,
the first host in this list is associated with the first XP or P9000 disk array displayed
in the Select Components list.
You can select the XP or the P9000 disk array and related components for which
you want to collect the real-time performance data.
Start Collection tab
Displays the XP and the P9000 disk arrays for which real-time performance data
collection is in progress. You can stop a real-time data collection any time during
the collection process.
Stop Collection tab
P9000 Performance Advisor collects the real-time performance data for the selected
components and plots performance graphs in the Chart Work Area.
Chart Work Area and
chart options
Tasks you can perform on the RealTimeChart screen
• “Starting real-time performance data collection” on page 85
• “Stopping real-time performance data collection” on page 89
Starting real-time performance data collection
Prerequisites
• HP recommends that you dedicate a command device for the real-time performance data collection,
so that it is not used by P9000 Performance Advisor for the regular configuration or performance
data collection.
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